CN101273854B - Foam soap dispenser with stationary dispensing tube - Google Patents

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CN101273854B
CN101273854B CN2008100047394A CN200810004739A CN101273854B CN 101273854 B CN101273854 B CN 101273854B CN 2008100047394 A CN2008100047394 A CN 2008100047394A CN 200810004739 A CN200810004739 A CN 200810004739A CN 101273854 B CN101273854 B CN 101273854B
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • B05B11/1028Pumps having a pumping chamber with a deformable wall
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    • B05B11/01Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/10Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
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    • B05B11/10Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
    • B05B11/1097Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle with means for sucking back the liquid or other fluent material in the nozzle after a dispensing stroke
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    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47KSANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
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Abstract

A dispenser includes a pump for dispensing a foamed product out of an outlet provided in a dispensing tube. The foam is created from the mixing of a foamable liquid and air, with separate pumps being provided for each component. The dispensing tube is stationary, although the pumps themselves have parts that must move to dispense the foamed product. A single actuator operates both the liquid and air pumps. Additionally, in some embodiments, the air pump advances air before the liquid pump advances liquid. These pumps are particularly suited to the dispensing of a foamed skin care or skin sanitizing product.

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Foam soap dispenser with stationary dispensing tube
Technical field
The invention belongs to the soap dispenser field.In specific embodiment, the present invention relates to a kind of foam soap distribution system that is installed on the sales counter, wherein the foam soap pump is installed in below the sales counter, and accommodates the liquid soap container.
Background technology
Along with the growth to the need awareness of good hand hygiene practices, the use sustainable growth of soap dispenser.The distribution system of existing a lot of types comprises portable hand-held distributor, wall-mounted type distributor and sales counter installing type distributor.Usually, these soap dispensers can distribute predetermined amount of liquid soap when starting.In the past about ten years in, foam soap dispenser has caused people's interest, in this foam soap dispenser, air and liquid soap is mixed, to form and to distribute the foam of basic homogeneous.
Because online startup formula foam soap dispenser has much can improved shortcoming, so people are interested in especially it.These distributors comprise actuating unit, push this actuating unit with compressed air and soap chamber, make air and soap through mixing chamber, to produce foam.Foam passes through distributing nozzle under pressure then.Distributing pipe is connected with actuating unit, and this actuating unit moves back and forth with dispense foam, so this distributing pipe moves with turning back to its resting position with allocated product along with actuating unit is pressed.In handheld dispensers; The work of these distributors is gratifying; This is because distributing pipe and the nozzle of dispense foam is formed in the actuating unit, even distributing pipe and nozzle are mobile in assigning process, the user also only need hand is placed just can obtain foam below the nozzle through its distribution.Yet, in the sales counter installing type distributor environment that distributing pipe and nozzle and actuating unit are separated, these distributors existing problems.
In sales counter installing type distributor; The liquid soap source be installed in counter top below; And be connected with pump machanism, with at the exit feed soap or the foam that extend through the distributing pipe that is arranged on the rigidity that especially is arranged on above the sales counter on the tank, fixing nozzle.The actuating unit of distributor is positioned near the nozzle, pushes this actuating unit with the outlet dispense foam through distributing pipe.Pushing actuating unit makes air and liquid soap pump that air and mixed being incorporated under the pressure of soap are passed through distributing pipe.Distributing pipe is connected with pump machanism, thereby along with the reciprocating motion of executing agency makes pump machanism compress and expansion, distributing pipe moves back and forth in nozzle.The reciprocating motion of distributing pipe in nozzle exhausted the energy that makes in the electronically reciprocating distributor of pump, and in manually booting the formula distributor, needs bigger power to manually boot.
Most of sales counter installing type soap dispenser also produces foam near the soap of under-counter and air pump mechanism, make the upwards distributing pipe through quite growing of foam then.This can produce several problems.At first, foam can be degraded in flowing through the process of distributing pipe, makes froth pulp second-rate.Secondly; Promote foam through the required power of the distributing pipe of certain-length greater than promoting the air separately and the power in liquid soap source; This makes more difficult promotion of actuating unit of soap dispenser, if the automatic soap dispenser of electric start formula then needs extra power supply.U.S. Patent No. application No.2006/0011655 has showed a kind of sales counter installing type soap dispenser; This distributor produces foam at the nozzle place; Rather than produce foam near the pump configuration below sales counter; But only paying close attention to, it has the electronics soap separately and the system of air pump, and structurally not similar with online startup formula soap dispenser.
Thereby this area needs a kind of foam pump, and wherein the process neutralization in dispense foam refills in the process of air and liquid for pump, and it is motionless that distributing pipe keeps.Pump here and distributor are suitable for distributing various single or multi-component products.In sales counter installing type environment, this demand is vigorous especially.This demand especially is present in the distribution field, particularly foam soap of skin care product and skin degerming product and the distribution field of foam sterile products.
Summary of the invention
In one embodiment, the invention provides a kind of distributor with stationary dispensing tube, promptly distributing pipe keeps motionless during with allocated product at start distributor.This distributor comprises: the liquid container of receiving fluids; Compressible liquid chamber, this compressible liquid chamber can be compressed to compression volume, and biased to expand into expanding volume; And dip-tube; This dip-tube extends to the liquid in the said liquid container from said compressible liquid chamber; Wherein, The compression of said compressible liquid chamber is pushed into the liquid in the said compressible liquid chamber in the said stationary dispensing tube, and the expansion of said compressible liquid chamber upwards is drawn onto said liquid in the said compressible liquid chamber through said dip-tube.This distributor also comprises: compressible air chamber, and this compressible air chamber can be compressed to compression volume, and biased to expand into expanding volume; And air duct; This air duct is communicated with said compressible air chamber and said stationary dispensing tube; Wherein, the compression of said compressible air chamber is pushed into the air in the said compressible air chamber in the said stationary dispensing tube, and the expansion of said compressible air chamber is drawn onto air in the said compressible air chamber.
According to another embodiment of the invention, the invention provides a kind of distributor, this distributor comprises mixing chamber, compressible liquid chamber, compressible air chamber and two actuating unit.Said compressible liquid chamber receiving fluids, and be applicable to optionally and between expanding volume and compression volume, move back and forth.When said compressible liquid chamber optionally moves to said compression volume, said liquid is advanced to said mixing chamber.Said compressible air chamber holds air, and is applicable to optionally and between expanding volume and compression volume, moves back and forth.When said compressible air chamber optionally moves to said compression volume, air is advanced to said mixing chamber.Said pair of actuating unit optionally moves; Said compressible liquid chamber and said compressible air chamber are compressed to their compression volume; Wherein, carry out this when moving at said pair of actuating unit, said compressible air chamber began to be compressed before said compressible liquid chamber begins to be compressed.
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For structure of the present invention and technology are had complete understanding, need with reference to following detailed description and accompanying drawing, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is the overall perspective of dispensers according to the invention;
Fig. 2 is the schematic cross-section along the distributor member of the line intercepting of passing through dip-tube 76 and distributing pipe 46;
Fig. 3 is the installation diagram of distributor;
Fig. 4 is the sectional view along the line 4-4 among Fig. 2, has shown axial support 40 and air duct 44 thereof;
Fig. 5 is the sectional view along the line 5-5 among Fig. 2, has shown the valve block 62 that is associated with compressible liquid chamber 52;
Fig. 6 is the sectional view along the line 6-6 among Fig. 2, has shown liquid pump support member 30 and fluid passage 68 and air duct 88;
Fig. 7 is the sectional view along the line 7-7 among Fig. 2, and being communicated with between connection and the liquid pump support member 30 that has shown bend pipe 86 and the distributing pipe 46 also shown the coaxitron structure of distributing pipe 46; And
Fig. 8 is the overall schematic of the distributor in the sales counter installing type environment.
The specific embodiment
Please refer to Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 now, shown the embodiment of dispensers according to the invention among the figure, this distributor is with numeral 10 signs.Distributor 10 comprises product container 12, and this container 12 is used to hold through starting the product P that foam pump mechanism 14 distributes.Usually, being contained in product P in the container 12 is that liquid to be allocated or other can be resisted the material that gravity pumps.
Foam pump mechanism 14 is installed in the openend 16 of container 12.Referring to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3; Foam pump mechanism 14 comprises compressible air chamber 18, and this compressible air chamber 18 is contained in the screw neck 20 of container 12, leans against on the radial upper flange 22; Under the preferable case, has the container packing ring 24 between the openend 16 of flange 22 and screw neck 20.Container packing ring 24 is used for preventing going out at the process leak of liquid of transportation and process container 12.Axial support 26 extends upward from the diapire 28 of air chamber 18.Axial support 26 is held side's mounted thereto liquid pump support member 30 vertically, and the sidewall 32 of liquid pump support member 30, and is buckled on cyclic rib 34 and the ring-type ratchet 36 on the axial support 26 to extending below along the side of axial support 26.Thereby between the sidewall 32 of the sidewall 38 of air chamber 18 and liquid pump support member 30, limit the ring-type volume of air chamber 18.This ring-type volume is further limited air slide 40, and this air slide 40 comprises the hole 42 that is used to be installed on the axial support 26.Air slide 40 closely contacts with sidewall 38 with sidewall 32, thereby this contact has guaranteed sufficient air-tightness.Yet preferably referring to Fig. 4, axial support 26 comprises the axial air duct 44 that defines with connecting, and this air duct 44 is between the inner surface of the sidewall 32 of the outer surface of axial support 26 and liquid pump support member 30.Air duct 44 is communicated with volume of air in the air chamber 18, finally is communicated with distributing pipe 46 fluids through the path in the liquid pump support member 30.
Compressible air chamber 18 accommodates air, and is suitable for optionally between expanding volume and compression volume, moving back and forth.Bias piece 48 makes air slide 40 be in resting position, and this resting position has defined the expanding volume of air chamber 18.Compress compressible air chamber 18 through making air slide 40 resist bias pieces 48, thereby reach compression volume.This makes air pass through air duct 44, and finally gets into distributing pipe 46.Through discharging the power of opposing bias piece 46, air slide 40 turns back to its resting position, forms expanding volume again.When air slide 40 turned back to its resting position, air was pulled through distributing pipe 46, and to fill the expanding volume of air chamber 18, promptly air is pulled in the air chamber 18 along the path opposite with the path that is forced out air chamber 18.This helps to prevent will illustrate in greater detail like hereinafter at nozzle exit generation water clock.Alternatively, can be at air slide 40 places or other positions that are communicated with air chamber 18 Non-return air valve is set, the air valve of for example representing with numeral 50.
Compressible liquid chamber 52 is through clasp 54 and 30 sealings of liquid pump support member.Dip-tube 76 extends through the dip-tube passage 56 in the liquid pump support member 30, and through the axial passage 57 in the axial support 26, to be communicated with the volume of compressible liquid chamber 52 through the volume of ball valve 58 with container 12.More particularly, compressible liquid chamber 52 is formed by elastic diaphragm 60, and this elastic diaphragm 60 is fixed on the axial support 26 of valve block 62 and valve film 64 tops.If desired, can be in the volume of compressible liquid chamber 52 the filling sponge material, occupying certain volume, and help this compressible liquid chamber 52 to recover from compression volume.Valve block 62 includes oral pore 65 and outlet opening 66 (Fig. 5), and wherein ingate 65 is aimed at dip-tube passage 56, and outlet opening 66 is aimed at the fluid passage 68 (Fig. 6) in the liquid pump support member 30.Valve film 64 comprises the opening of aiming at ingate 65 63 (Fig. 3), and these holes 70 are used to make liquid to flow into compressible liquid chamber 52, flow through the ball 72 of ball valve 58.Valve film 64 also comprises the clack valve of aiming at outlet opening 66 74 (Fig. 3), and this clack valve 74 is used for making liquid to flow into the fluid passage 68 of liquid pump support member 30.Liquid depends on the compression and the expansion of the volume of compressible liquid chamber 52 with the dip-tube passage 54 compressible liquid chambers 52 of inflow and through the actual situation of movement that outlet opening 66 flows out compressible liquid chamber 52 through dip-tube 76.
Elastic diaphragm 60 is processed by elastomeric material, remains on position as shown in Figure 2 naturally, has expanding volume.Thereby well-known, compressible liquid chamber 52 can optionally move back and forth between expanding volume and compression volume.Compress compressible liquid chamber 52 through pushing elastic diaphragm 60, and reach compression volume.This compressive state of compressible liquid chamber 52 make to keep liquid therein under pressure through outlet opening 66, and finally flow into and pass through distributing pipe 46.As shown in Figure 3, clack valve 74 is cut-away portions of valve film 64, is positioned at outlet opening 66 belows, and these clack valve 74 bendings are passed through to allow liquid.In compression process,, can prevent that therefore liquid from flowing into dip-tube 76 because ball 72 contacts with dip-tube passage 56 and with its sealing, wherein dip-tube passage 56 narrows down at skew wall 78 places.Thereby in the compression process of compressible liquid chamber 52, certain amount of fluid is passed through outlet opening 66 and clack valve 74 under pressure, and flows to distributing pipe 46.Through the pressure of release action on elastic diaphragm 60, this elastic diaphragm 60 is got back to the resting position of its natural expanding volume, and in this process, liquid is upwards spurred through dip-tube 76, flows through ball 72, and gets into compressible liquid chamber 52.More particularly, as shown in Figure 5, ingate 65 has notch 67; Even contact with ingate 65 when the suction that is produced by liquid chamber 52 at ball 72 upwards spurs; This notch 67 also allows flow of liquid to cross ball 72, and promptly this notch reaches outside the ball 72, and the remainder of ingate 65 supports ball 72.In expansion process, because outlet opening 66 is littler than clack valve 74, can prevent that therefore liquid from being inhaled back from outlet opening 66, thereby can prevent clack valve 74 from upwards turning over and liquid is passed through.
As a kind of optional mode, the function of ball valve 58 can be substituted by the inlet clack valve on the valve film 64 of the top, ingate that covers valve block 62.This can provide flowing into and flow out the FLOW CONTROL of compressible liquid chamber 52.In addition, elastic diaphragm 60 can adopt the design of stronger chamber of rigidity and piston, the compressible air chamber of for example here explaining.
Explained that below liquid and air advance from their sources (getting final product compression air chamber 18 and compressible liquid chamber 52) separately, and finally got into distributing pipe 46.Present more particularly prescribed liquid and the occupied path of air.At first, it should be understood that when at first making up distributor 10 that just have fluid product P in the container 12,52 of compressible liquid chambers are empty.Along with compressible liquid chamber 52 repeatedly compresses and expands, fluid product will advance and enter in the compressible liquid chamber 52 through dip-tube 76 increasedly gradually, and the increment of propelling depends on the volume differences of compressible liquid chamber 52 when compressive state and swelling state.In case compressible liquid chamber 52 is filled, its compression process just begins so that liquid is advanced towards distributing pipe 46, and finally gets into the terminal outlet 80 of nozzle 82.Propelling towards outlet 80 also increases gradually.After repeated compression and expanding, the whole piece liquid path from dip-tube 76 to outlet 80 will be full of fluid product P, and each compression of compressible liquid chamber 52 will be discharged the certain amount of fluid product at outlet 80 places.Though distributor 10 just has the air path that is full of air fully when making up, it should be understood that with fluid product P similarly, air also will pass through distributor 10 in its path, compression lower edge of compressible air chamber 18 gradually increasedly.As indicated above, along with the expansion of compressible air chamber, air will be gradually be inhaled back through outlet 80, and fall back along the path of the volumetric expansion of the compressible air chamber 18 of court.There has been this to understand, air and the liquid path towards outlet 80 will be described below.
Referring to Fig. 5 to Fig. 7, liquid flows out compressible liquid chamber 52 through outlet opening 66 and clack valve 74, and flows in the radial fluid passage 68 in the liquid pump support member 30.Fluid passage 68 extends radially, with bend pipe 86 in liquid path 84 be communicated with.Axial air passage 44 is communicated with through the perforate 90 on the liquid pump support member 30 with radial air duct 88, and parallel with fluid passage 68, with bend pipe 86 in air path 92 be communicated with.Thereby air in the distributor 10 and liquid remain separately.Then, liquid and air are communicated with distributing pipe 46 through the path 84,92 in their each comfortable bend pipes 86, and this distributing pipe 46 is preferably constructed to and keeps air and liquid to separate always, up to just mixing in 80 o'clock near outlet.
Referring to Fig. 7, can find out that distributing pipe 46 is limited tube axial, center liquid distributing pipe 94 and outer annular air distribution 96.Liquid distributing pipe 94 is communicated with liquid path 84, and air distribution 96 is communicated with air path 92.Two pipes 94 and 96 all end at mixing chamber 98, and this mixing chamber 98 is defined by inlet sieve 100 and outlet sieve 102.Outlet sieve 102 preferably defines outlet 80, perhaps is positioned at the position very approaching with outlet 80.In this way, air and liquid keep separately in the process that is advanced to outlet 80.Because advance the required power of the undue orchestration of separately air stream and liquid communication 10 less than advancing foam to pass through the required power of distributor 10; So as common way of the prior art; Foam directly forms near the outlet of compressible air chamber and compressible liquid chamber, and this can make distributor 10 easy operatings.
Referring to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, distributor 10 through manually or the electronics through two actuating units 104 move and operate.Two actuating units 104 are shown as cylindrical piston spare, and the size design of this piston piece moves in the boundary of compressible air chamber 18 for its diameter allows it.The bottom margin 106 of two actuating units 104 contacts with the piston 40 of compressible air chamber 18; The roof 108 of two actuating units 104 covers on the compressible liquid chamber 52; Under the preferable case, between bottom margin 106 and roof 108, have compressed delay spare 110, as shown in the figure.Comprise cut-away portions 111 on the sidewall 114 of two actuating units 104, be used to allow bend pipe 86 to extend towards the external radiation shape ground of two actuating units 104.From the stopper rib 112 of sidewall 114 extensions and antelabium 116 engagements of block 118, two actuating units 104 are remained on resting position with the power of resisting bias piece 48.
Two actuating units 104 are resisted the biasing force of bias pieces 48 (and compressed delay spare 110) and are moved, to compress compressible air chamber 18 and compressible liquid chamber 52.This can advance air in certain amount and liquid through distributor, and is as indicated above, thereby makes the foam in the mixing chamber 98 discharge from exporting 80 through stationary dispensing tube 46.Will push elastic diaphragm 60 downwards through compressed delay spare 110 when pushing two actuating unit 104 downwards, thus elasticity of compression barrier film 60, and advance liquid through distributor 10, as indicated above.Compressed delay spare 110 has initial pressure when providing, thereby is used for the contraction that delayed elasticity barrier film 60 moves with respect to piston 40.This made before advancing any liquid have a spot of air to be moved, and this air that is moved will move through the areolate resistance of whole air path and the resistance accumulated pressure that air moves through inlet sieve 100 because of it.Thereby when liquid moved along with the abundant displacement of two actuating units 104, liquid and air were all under pressure in the entering mixing chamber 98, to produce high-quality froth pulp.If not supercharging in advance of air path before advancing liquid, then begin branch timing froth pulp can be very wet.
When discharging the pressure of pushing two actuating units 104 downwards, bias piece 48, elastic diaphragm 60 and compressed delay spare 110 all are used for help system and turn back to its normal resting state.Compressible air chamber 18 expands with compressible liquid chamber 52, and liquid upwards sucks in the compressible liquid chamber 52 along dip-tube 76, and air is inhaled downwards through mixing chamber 98 and ring-type air distribution 96 from outlet, finally gets back to compressible air chamber 18.Air is got back to the mobile water clock that helps to prevent to export 80 places of system through outlet here.
It should be understood that the distributor 10 that shows among the figure is specially adapted to sales counter installing type environment, but overall structure disclosed herein can be used for handheld dispensers and wall-mounted type distributor with design.In the hand-held embodiment, distributor 10 can be built into simply has distributor 10 disclosed structural members, forms slick and sly outward appearance and is convenient to the piston motion through these structural members.In the wall-mounted type environment, this structural member also goes for being installed in the common wall-mounted type shell.
In sales counter installing type embodiment, 118 screw threads of blocking a shot are installed on the screw neck 20, with radial upper flange 22 by to packing ring 24, thereby the structure that helps to guarantee distributor 10 is fixed.The cut-away portions of keying enclosing cover 130 and bend pipe 86 is installed in block 118 tops; And as the device of fixed combination container 12; The compressible liquid chamber 52 that is associated, compressible air chamber 18, bend pipe 86 and distributing pipe 46 are connected on bottle support member 14, and be of the co-pending application of U.S. Patent No. No.2007/0017932.
Sales counter installing type distributor 10 is as shown in Figure 8.Under the preferable case, container 12 is contained in bottle support member 140, and dispensing head 160 is fixed on connector 150 places of bottle support member 140, under the preferable case, need not relative distribution 160 a revolving bottle support member 140.The extension 170 of dispensing head 160 collapses to connector 150; Aim at the perforate on the connector 150 until the perforate (not shown) on the extension 170; So that lock pin can insert, so that bottle support member 140 and the container 12 that is associated are supported on extension 170 and the dispensing head 160.Foam pump mechanism 14 is fixed on the container 12, and through starting by lower plunger 200, joins product P with outlet 80 punishment at nozzle 280.Extension 170 allows axle 132 to pass through (referring to Fig. 2 with bottle support member 140; In the figure; Axle is 132 shown in broken lines, only is specially adapted to non-handheld environment with this axle 132 of explanation) and distributing pipe 46 pass through, product is transported to the outlet 80 of nozzle 280 from container 12; This axle 132 extends with plunger 200 explicitly, to engage with the roof 108 of two actuating units 104.
In electric start formula system, plunger 200 will substitute by need not manual starting drive, and for example sensor when triggering this starting drive, starts electronic installation transmission device is moved, so that compressible air chamber 18 of axle 132 compressions and compressible liquid chamber 52.This electronic installation also allows axle to turn back to its resting position, thereby system is in treat the state that starts subsequently.
According to above explanation, in concrete embodiment of the present invention, the liquid that product P can be foamed when mixing with air, product P especially is selected from the skin care product or the skin degerming product that can foam.Yet, the invention is not restricted to distribute this product, here particularly because the distributor that proposes can be used for other products.
Can obviously find out according to above explanation, the invention provides and a kind of prior art has been carried out sufficient improved distribution system.According to Patent Law, more than only specified preferred implementation of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to this preferred implementation or is limited this preferred implementation.But scope of the present invention should comprise all modifications and the variation in the scope that drops on accompanying claims.

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1. distributor, this distributor comprises:
Stationary dispensing tube, this stationary dispensing tube has liquid path and air path, and wherein, said liquid path and air path are disconnected from each other;
Mixing chamber, this mixing chamber is positioned at the end of said stationary dispensing tube;
Liquid container, this liquid container is used for receiving fluids;
Compressible liquid chamber, this compressible liquid chamber can be compressed to compression volume, and biased to expand into expanding volume;
Dip-tube; This dip-tube extends to the liquid in the said liquid container from said compressible liquid chamber; Wherein, The compression of said compressible liquid chamber is pushed into the liquid in the said compressible liquid chamber in the liquid distributing pipe of said stationary dispensing tube, and the expansion of said compressible liquid chamber upwards is drawn onto said liquid in the said compressible liquid chamber through said dip-tube;
Compressible air chamber, this compressible air chamber can be compressed to compression volume, and biased to expand into expanding volume; And
Air duct; This air duct is communicated with said compressible air chamber and said stationary dispensing tube; Wherein, The compression of said compressible air chamber is pushed into the air in the said compressible air chamber in the air distribution of said stationary dispensing tube, and the expansion of said compressible air chamber is drawn onto the said air distribution of air through said stationary dispensing tube in the said compressible air chamber.
2. distributor according to claim 1; This distributor also comprises the fixed pump support member; The said compressible liquid chamber of this fixed pump supports support; Said stationary dispensing tube is communicated with said fixed pump support member; Wherein, the compression of said compressible liquid chamber is pushed into the liquid in the said compressible liquid chamber in the liquid distributing pipe of said stationary dispensing tube through the liquid path in the said fixed pump support member, and the compression of said compressible air chamber is pushed into the air in the said compressible air chamber in the air distribution of said stationary dispensing tube through the air path in the said fixed pump support member.
3. distributor according to claim 2, this distributor also comprise two actuating units, and said pair of actuating unit optionally moves, to compress said compressible liquid chamber and said compressible air chamber.
4. distributor, this distributor comprises:
Compressible liquid chamber, this compressible liquid chamber are applicable to optionally and between expanding volume and compression volume, move back and forth, thereby when said compressible liquid chamber optionally moves to said compression volume, liquid be advanced to mixing chamber;
Compressible air chamber; This compressible air chamber is applicable to optionally and between expanding volume and compression volume, moves back and forth; Thereby when said compressible air chamber optionally moves to said compression volume, air is advanced to said mixing chamber; And when said compressible air chamber optionally moves to said expanding volume, air is drawn onto through stationary dispensing tube in the said compressible air chamber, said mixing chamber is positioned at the end of said stationary dispensing tube, and said stationary dispensing tube has liquid path and air path; Wherein, said liquid path and air path are disconnected from each other;
And
Two actuating units; This pair actuating unit optionally moves; Said compressible liquid chamber and said compressible air chamber are compressed to their compression volume; Wherein, carry out this when moving at said pair of actuating unit, said compressible air chamber began to be compressed before said compressible liquid chamber begins to be compressed.
5. distributor according to claim 4; Wherein, Said pair of actuating unit acts on said compressible liquid chamber and said compressible air chamber; Said distributor also comprises compressed delay spare, and said pair of actuating unit acts on said compressible liquid chamber through said compressed delay spare, thereby the selectivity that the said pair of actuating unit compresses said compressible liquid chamber and said compressible air chamber moves and makes said compressible air chamber be compressed prior to said compressible liquid chamber.
6. distributor according to claim 5, wherein, said compressed delay spare is a spring.
7. distributor according to claim 4; Wherein, Said pair of actuating unit directly acts on said compressible air chamber, thereby said pair of actuating unit mobile makes said compressible air chamber move immediately, and said pair of actuating unit and said compressible liquid chamber are a little separately; Thereby will make before said compressible liquid chamber moves at said pair of actuating unit, said pair of actuating unit must at first move so that said compressible air chamber moves.
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